But this little plant will never produce fruit.Even if we put it in soil and take care of it properly.If it does produce fruit, it will take 7 to 15 yearsand it will not be the same kind of fruit producedby it's parent plantand that fruit will not be edible.

Strange that something that appears to be so vibrantand so healthy and something that we have watched growfrom a seedwill never do what it was created to do.

But there is hope.

This plant can be grafted into a high producingwell established tree.

Grafting is the process of combining the root system

of a new plant with a branch from a hearty producing tree.

Grafting is the only means of achieving

edible avocados in plants grown from seeds

because plants that are grown from seeds

like our little experiment plant

are hybrids and their fruit

if they produce any at all

is inedible

unless merged with a producing tree.

It is almost impossible for me to hear

of this process and not think of the Bible passage found in

John 15:1-8.

Unless we are grafted into the True Vine,

we will not produce effective fruit. No matter how much sunlight or water we get,

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